# tem
## Translingual
### Symbol

tem
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Temne.

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtem]

#### Verb

tem
* inflection of témer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin thymus (“thyme”). See also timó.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈtɛm]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈtəm]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtem]

#### Noun

tem m (plural tems)
* (Menorca) thyme
    Synonym: farigola

### Further reading

* “tem” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛm

### Verb

tem
* inflection of temmen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* met

## Galician
### Verb

tem
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ter:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Verb

tem (weak)
* inflection of temja:
** first-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English tēam, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

#### Alternative forms

* teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam
* tæm, team (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛːm/
* Rhymes: -ɛːm

#### Noun

tem (plural temes)
* kinfolk, clan, people
* (law) The privilege of making decisions about ownership disputes between a person's subordinates.
* A group of livestock used to pull an agricultural instrument
* A group of waterfowl or chickens.
* descendants, children; also extended to the following:
** (law) The descendants of one's subordinates.
* (rare) The ability to procreate or give birth.
* (rare) team, company, band.

##### Related terms

* barntem
* temen

##### Descendants

* English: team (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: team

##### References

* “tēm(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tem
* Alternative form of temen (“to give birth, to support”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

tem
* imperative of temme

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* tym

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛm/
* Rhymes: -ɛm
* Syllabification: tem

### Pronoun

tem n
* (obsolete) inflection of to:
** instrumental/locative singular
** dative plural

#### Derived terms

* potem
* przedtem
* wtem
* zatem

### Further reading

* tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin tenet. Cognate with Galician ten and Spanish tiene. Also compare with vem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtẽj̃/ [ˈtẽɪ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɐ̃j̃/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
* Homophone: têm (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: tem

### Verb

tem
* inflection of ter:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (Brazil) Misspelling of têm.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tem]

### Verb

tem
* inflection of teme:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French timbre.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [tɛm˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tɛm˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tɛm˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Noun

(classifier con, chiếc, cái) tem
* postage stamp
    Synonyms: cò, niêm
* Short for tem bảo hành (“warranty sticker”).

#### Derived terms

* bóc tem
* tem phiếu

## Volapük
### Noun

tem (nominative plural tems)
* house of worship, temple

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only